Homemade Remake of the Alien Chestburster Scene

The chestburster scene from Alien is probably one of the most memorable ones in the history of sci-fi cinema. Everybody remembers what it looks like and how now, whenever they see a pregnant woman whose baby might be kicking, they imagine the thing will burst out and scuttle away very quickly.

So what would it look like if that scene had been incredibly low budget? Cinefix’s Homemade Movies decided to found out.

Here’s how they did it:

And here’s a side-by-side comparison:

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Fun fact: While John Hurt was made fully aware of how the scene would play out, given that his head would be positioned above the specially rigged dummy that would serve as his “body”…the rest of the cast was left in the dark.

When the chestburster pops out, and the crew is terrified? That’s real fear. Veronica Cartwright actually passed out. Those screams were actual surprise. Yaphet Kotto reportedly locked himself in his room for a few hours after that.

SumAnon

FALSE!
The rest of the crew of course knew something would happen, since they saw the half-Hurt, half-model being set up on the table. And… ya know, they read the script that includes “Cain Death Scene.” What they DIDN’T know was how much blood, and at what velocity, would be spraying out of him. Veronica Cartwright *did* scream in real surprise, since she got the brunt of the Blood Out Of No Where attack, but she didn’t pass out.

MOAR TRIVIA! QUESTION TIEM: in the Veronica Cartwright / Lambert death scene, there is a close up shot of the alien’s tail snaking up to and around a pair of feet. These are not Lambert’s feet; the character wore brown leather cowboy boots not white sneakers. The clip is a cut from ANOTHER death scene. :3

Who’s feet are they?

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I never noticed that before.

For a moment I thought you were suggesting it was Ripley (in some alternate ending) but those are definitely Brett’s pants, which makes more sense (spoilers).